Morris Minor Owners Club

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I have seen others have the same problem of running out of snail adjuster adjustment while still having brake lining left. After searching and finding no definitive answer I have gathered some information which may be helpful. Austin Seven with hydraulic brakes using Morris Minor modified backplates...

Rob thank you. Those measurements coincide with mine.1.45 and 2.17. So really that just leaves the shoe lengths. I have some new Quinten Hazel ones coming next week so will have to compare them with my old ones. Who knows maybe the old shoes I have which look the same were from a slightly different ...

I am still desperately looking for an answer to this problem! I need people to send in the measurement of the distance between the bottom of the pivot block slots where the shoes ends sit and pivot/slide .....Year - distance. (see left hand block in the photo of my original post) Also distance betwe...

I have an Austin 7 fitted with a hydraulic brake conversion that uses Morris Minor back plates. The only modification is that the centre is cut out and a recessed section welded on to set the plate nearer to the centre of the car so that the shoes are in line with the drum, otherwise all the bits ar...